{"id":5850,"date":"2011-08-12T16:25:24","date_gmt":"2011-08-12T20:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/?p=5850"},"modified":"2011-08-12T16:25:24","modified_gmt":"2011-08-12T20:25:24","slug":"npr-picks-top-100-sci-fi-fantasy-books-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/npr-picks-top-100-sci-fi-fantasy-books-of-all-time\/","title":{"rendered":"NPR Picks Top 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books of All Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

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NPR has come out with a list of their top 100 Sci-Fi and Fantasy books. How manof these have you read? Do you agree with these rankings? I want your input. Let me know what you think. Is anyone gonna tackle this list and read as many of these as possible?<\/p>\n

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1. The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy<\/em>, by J.R.R. Tolkien<\/p>\n

2. The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy<\/em>, by Douglas Adams<\/p>\n

3. Ender’s Game<\/em>, by Orson Scott Card<\/p>\n

4. The Dune Chronicles<\/em>, by Frank Herbert<\/p>\n

5. A Song Of Ice And Fire Series<\/em>, by George R. R. Martin<\/p>\n

6. 1984<\/em>, by George Orwell<\/p>\n

7. Fahrenheit 451<\/em>, by Ray Bradbury<\/p>\n

8. The Foundation Trilogy<\/em>, by Isaac Asimov<\/p>\n

9. Brave New World<\/em>, by Aldous Huxley<\/p>\n

10. American Gods<\/em>, by Neil Gaiman<\/p>\n

11. The Princess Bride<\/em>, by William Goldman<\/p>\n

12. The Wheel Of Time Series<\/em>, by Robert Jordan<\/p>\n

13. Animal Farm<\/em>, by George Orwell<\/p>\n

14. Neuromancer<\/em>, by William Gibson<\/p>\n

15. Watchmen<\/em>, by Alan Moore<\/p>\n

16. I, Robot<\/em>, by Isaac Asimov<\/p>\n

17. Stranger In A Strange Land<\/em>, by Robert Heinlein<\/p>\n

18. The Kingkiller Chronicles<\/em>, by Patrick Rothfuss<\/p>\n

19. Slaughterhouse-Five<\/em>, by Kurt Vonnegut<\/p>\n

20. Frankenstein<\/em>, by Mary Shelley<\/p>\n

21. Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?<\/em>, by Philip K. Dick<\/p>\n

22. The Handmaid’s Tale<\/em>, by Margaret Atwood<\/p>\n

23. The Dark Tower Series<\/em>, by Stephen King<\/p>\n

24. 2001: A Space Odyssey<\/em>, by Arthur C. Clarke<\/p>\n

25. The Stand<\/em>, by Stephen King<\/p>\n

26. Snow Crash<\/em>, by Neal Stephenson<\/p>\n

27. The Martian Chronicles<\/em>, by Ray Bradbury<\/p>\n

28. Cat’s Cradle<\/em>, by Kurt Vonnegut<\/p>\n

29. The Sandman Series<\/em>, by Neil Gaiman<\/p>\n

30. A Clockwork Orange<\/em>, by Anthony Burgess<\/p>\n

31. Starship Troopers<\/em>, by Robert Heinlein<\/p>\n

32. Watership Down<\/em>, by Richard Adams<\/p>\n

33. Dragonflight<\/em>, by Anne McCaffrey<\/p>\n

34. The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress<\/em>, by Robert Heinlein<\/p>\n

35. A Canticle For Leibowitz<\/em>, by Walter M. Miller<\/p>\n

36. The Time Machine<\/em>, by H.G. Wells<\/p>\n

37. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea<\/em>, by Jules Verne<\/p>\n

38. Flowers For Algernon<\/em>, by Daniel Keys<\/p>\n

39. The War Of The Worlds<\/em>, by H.G. Wells<\/p>\n

40. The Chronicles Of Amber<\/em>, by Roger Zelazny<\/p>\n

41. The Belgariad<\/em>, by David Eddings<\/p>\n

42. The Mists Of Avalon<\/em>, by Marion Zimmer Bradley<\/p>\n

43. The Mistborn Series<\/em>, by Brandon Sanderson<\/p>\n

44. Ringworld<\/em>, by Larry Niven<\/p>\n

45. The Left Hand Of Darkness<\/em>, by Ursula K. LeGuin<\/p>\n

46. The Silmarillion<\/em>, by J.R.R. Tolkien<\/p>\n

47. The Once And Future King<\/em>, by T.H. White<\/p>\n

48. Neverwhere<\/em>, by Neil Gaiman<\/p>\n

49. Childhood’s End<\/em>, by Arthur C. Clarke<\/p>\n

50. Contact<\/em>, by Carl Sagan<\/p>\n

51. The Hyperion Cantos<\/em>, by Dan Simmons<\/p>\n

52. Stardust<\/em>, by Neil Gaiman<\/p>\n

53. Cryptonomicon<\/em>, by Neal Stephenson<\/p>\n

54. World War Z<\/em>, by Max Brooks<\/p>\n

55. The Last Unicorn<\/em>, by Peter S. Beagle<\/p>\n

56. The Forever War<\/em>, by Joe Haldeman<\/p>\n

57. Small Gods<\/em>, by Terry Pratchett<\/p>\n

58. The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant, The Unbeliever<\/em>, by Stephen R. Donaldson<\/p>\n

59. The Vorkosigan Saga<\/em>, by Lois McMaster Bujold<\/p>\n

60. Going Postal<\/em>, by Terry Pratchett<\/p>\n

61. The Mote In God’s Eye<\/em>, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle<\/p>\n

62. The Sword Of Truth<\/em>, by Terry Goodkind<\/p>\n

63. The Road<\/em>, by Cormac McCarthy<\/p>\n

64. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell<\/em>, by Susanna Clarke<\/p>\n

65. I Am Legend<\/em>, by Richard Matheson<\/p>\n

66. The Riftwar Saga<\/em>, by Raymond E. Feist<\/p>\n

67. The Shannara Trilogy<\/em>, by Terry Brooks<\/p>\n

68. The Conan The Barbarian Series<\/em>, by R.E. Howard<\/p>\n

69. The Farseer Trilogy<\/em>, by Robin Hobb<\/p>\n

70. The Time Traveler’s Wife<\/em>, by Audrey Niffenegger<\/p>\n

71. The Way Of Kings<\/em>, by Brandon Sanderson<\/p>\n

72. A Journey To The Center Of The Earth<\/em>, by Jules Verne<\/p>\n

73. The Legend Of Drizzt Series<\/em>, by R.A. Salvatore<\/p>\n

74. Old Man’s War<\/em>, by John Scalzi<\/p>\n

75. The Diamond Age<\/em>, by Neil Stephenson<\/p>\n

76. Rendezvous With Rama<\/em>, by Arthur C. Clarke<\/p>\n

77. The Kushiel’s Legacy Series<\/em>, by Jacqueline Carey<\/p>\n

78. The Dispossessed<\/em>, by Ursula K. LeGuin<\/p>\n

79. Something Wicked This Way Comes<\/em>, by Ray Bradbury<\/p>\n

80. Wicked<\/em>, by Gregory Maguire<\/p>\n

81. The Malazan Book Of The Fallen Series<\/em>, by Steven Erikson<\/p>\n

82. The Eyre Affair<\/em>, by Jasper Fforde<\/p>\n

83. The Culture Series<\/em>, by Iain M. Banks<\/p>\n

84. The Crystal Cave<\/em>, by Mary Stewart<\/p>\n

85. Anathem<\/em>, by Neal Stephenson<\/p>\n

86. The Codex Alera Series<\/em>, by Jim Butcher<\/p>\n

87. The Book Of The New Sun<\/em>, by Gene Wolfe<\/p>\n

88. The Thrawn Trilogy<\/em>, by Timothy Zahn<\/p>\n

89. The Outlander Series<\/em>, by Diana Gabaldan<\/p>\n

90. The Elric Saga<\/em>, by Michael Moorcock<\/p>\n

91. The Illustrated Man<\/em>, by Ray Bradbury<\/p>\n

92. Sunshine<\/em>, by Robin McKinley<\/p>\n

93. A Fire Upon The Deep<\/em>, by Vernor Vinge<\/p>\n

94. The Caves Of Steel<\/em>, by Isaac Asimov<\/p>\n

95. The Mars Trilogy<\/em>, by Kim Stanley Robinson<\/p>\n

96. Lucifer’s Hammer<\/em>, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle<\/p>\n

97. Doomsday Book<\/em>, by Connie Willis<\/p>\n

98. Perdido Street<\/em> Station<\/em>, by China Mieville<\/p>\n

99. The Xanth Series<\/em>, by Piers Anthony <\/em><\/p>\n

100. The Space Trilogy<\/em>, by C.S. Lewis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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